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• Harm Jan Hubertus van den Hurk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Jurgen Everaert
• Todd Michael Huberts
• GERSENDE RAPHAËLE ARMANDE HURPY, Bordeaux, Frankrijk
• Milan Arnold NOSSEK, Apeldoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Catrinus Ronnie (Ron) Hobers, Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Lila Kittrell [[?K or Af-Am?]] († 1998)
• Bianca Gerarda Bakker, Heerhugowaard († 1973)

• Alida Cornelia van Staveren (86), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Claassen (62), Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa
• Atze Jans Nicolai (85)
• Antonette (Antje) VAN LIEROP (68), Geldrop (NL/NB)
• Albert Bert van Duijn (70), Leiden
• Arij Jacob Leendert Kommer Klok (89), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Geertsma (78), -
• Antje Henriette Voet (70)
• * Jan Baars (72), Rotterdam
• Antoon (Pr.) van Asseldonk (80), Wenen (Oostenrijk)

• 1971 » Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1971 » Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
• 1972 » Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 1972 » Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
• 1972 » Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
• 1972 » Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
• 1973 » Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
• 1974 » Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
• 1974 » Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 » Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor

• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Jeroen
4. Peter
5. Robert
6. Marcel
7. Marco
8. Michael
9. Mark
10. Richard
11. Patrick
12. Cornelis
13. David
14. Hendrik
15. Dennis
16. Ronald

1. Sandra
2. Bianca
3. Maria
4. Johanna
5. Miranda
6. Wendy
7. Monique
8. Esther
9. Ingrid
10. Anna
11. Jennifer
12. Patricia
13. Natasja
14. Karin
15. Nicole
16. Anita

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
• April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
• May 11 » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
• June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
• July 29 » Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• August 5 » Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
• November 14 » In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

The temperature on October 5, 1973 was between 6.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.